Xie Shiyan noticed that Gu Jiangli was acting strangely and wanted to check Yue Qiao'e's injuries again.

But his hand was grabbed by Gu Jiangli as soon as he reached out.

"What's wrong?"

Gu Jiangli's expression was solemn, completely unlike his relaxed demeanor just now.

Despite her pain, Yue Qiao'e managed a bitter smile: "What I said was very frightening."

Gu Jiangli didn't speak, looking at her hands, which were covered in blood.

Some of it was from when he stabbed Gu Xun, and the rest was from the bloodstains on Yue Qiao'e's festering wound when he pulled up her trousers.

After a moment of contemplation, Gu Jiangli pulled Xie Shiyan's sleeve and backed away.

She deliberately avoided touching Xie Shiyan's skin, making Xie Shiyan feel even more strange.

Gu Jiangli's voice was low and deep, "Shi Yan, listen to me, the injuries on Yue Qiao'e's body are definitely not simple. They are not the kind of injuries that would occur from an ordinary illness."

"The wound was rotting and oozing pus, with blood and pus mixed together, and the skin and flesh were turned inside out..."

“These marks are unusual. Don’t touch her wounds yet, and tell your men not to touch them either.”

Xie Shiyan's pupils dilated; he immediately understood why Gu Jiangli was acting so cautiously.

Are you worried... about it being contagious?

Xie Shiyan's voice was very low, and the two were standing far apart, so Xie Shiyan's subordinates did not hear him.

Gu Jiangli looked at Yue Qiao'e.

"Honestly, I'm not sure, but that wound was really unusual."

She said this because the imperial city of the world she previously lived in had experienced a plague.

When those people had an attack of their illness, the wounds on their bodies were exactly the same as the wounds on Yue Qiao'e's body today.

In addition, Yue Qiao'e had been missing for a long time, which made her suspicious.

Gu Jiangli walked up to Yue Qiao'e again.

"After you sent me to the military camp, you received twenty taels of silver, which was enough for you to rent a carriage and reach the capital."

"But you disappeared for a year, you didn't even come to the capital, where did you go?"

Yue Qiao'e took two heavy breaths, as if trying to alleviate the pain in her body.

Gu Jiangli didn't urge her, waiting for her to calm down and answer slowly.

"I am from Nanlin, so of course I will go to Nanlin first."

Gu Jiangli's body stiffened.

Alarm bells rang in my mind.

"Now that you've returned to Nanlin, why come back here? If you wanted to take Gu Xun away, you should have come directly to the capital. There was no need to go through all this trouble of going to Nanlin first and then to Beiqi."

Therefore, Yue Qiao'e's experiences in the Southern Lin Kingdom must have been very important.

That was the main reason for the wounds on her body.

Yue Qiao'e stared intently at Gu Jiangli, raised her lips slightly, and said:

"You're so smart, how could you not guess?"

"Haven't you noticed? After we got separated from the Gu family, I've been hiding with you all the time, never thinking of taking you to the capital to reunite with the Gu family."

"Because I don't want to go back to the Gu family at all; I just want to tie Gu Xun down to achieve great things."

"You know nothing, you don't even know your own identity, yet you firmly believe that you are a person from Northern Qi, and all you do all day is clamor for finding your family."

“You’re like a piece of trash, and I’m so annoyed with you. A useless piece of trash can’t help me at all, and only drags me down, so I sent you to the army camp to exchange for silver.”

"With silver, I can return to my own home and tell the king of the Southern Kingdom everything I have learned in Northern Qi."

Gu Jiangli interrupted, "I didn't ask you those questions."

Yue Qiao'e brought the conversation back on track and continued, "When I arrived in Nanlin and met the king, I learned that Nanlin had already surrendered."

"All the information I had turned into useless wasteland, and of course I was unwilling to accept it."

"So he spoke of Gu Xun to the king."

"The 13th Banner of the Nanlin Xuanyu Army, a secret team that regularly delivered messages to Nanlin, has disappeared in recent years."

"It may seem like they've defected to the enemy, but there are also people like Gu Xun who are wholeheartedly dedicated to working for Nanlin."

"King Nanlin had originally given up the will to fight, but after my persuasion, his hope was rekindled."

He greatly admired me and sent me to Northern Qi to find Gu Xun.

"Gu Xun has been in Northern Qi for many years, and he must have many secrets about Northern Qi that are unknown to others. If I can bring him back to Southern Lin, with his ambition and the secrets he has, he will be able to give Southern Lin the strength to fight against Northern Qi."

Gu Jiangli remained silent for a long time.

Yue Qiao'e's words were not a lie at all.

Her expression was sincere, her eyes bright, and what she thought was exactly what she said.

"Then where did your injury come from?"

When Gu Jiangli asked this question, Yue Qiao'e showed a sad and confused expression.

"I have no idea.

"Shortly after arriving in Northern Qi, I discovered that I had health problems."

"Red spots started appearing on my skin. They didn't hurt or itch, so I didn't pay much attention to them at first."

"Then, signs of decay began to appear, I developed a fever and a cough..."

"So I started looking for medicine everywhere, hoping to cure the ugly marks on my body and leave a perfect impression in Gu Xun's heart from when we fell in love more than ten years ago."

"I learned from the people of Northern Qi what happened to the Gu family in the palace. I heard that you have a medicine that can completely heal wounds."

"I thought and thought, and I still think I can only start with Lotus. After all, she is your personal maid and my daughter. As long as I say a few nice words, she will definitely help me."

Gu Jiangli frowned even more upon hearing this.

Yue Qiao'e herself didn't know what was wrong with her body, which made things even more difficult.

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